(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterthrift
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
anthrarufin
anthrarufin
noun
(organic chemistry) 1,5-dihydroxyanthraquinone
archdapifer
archpontiff
argusfishes
bathofloric
beardfishes
beardfishes
noun
plural of beardfish
blackfisher
branchiform
calathiform
chancriform
chancriform
adj
(pathology) Having the form of a chancre
chargfaires
chieftainry
chieftainry
noun
The role or status of chieftain.
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
noun
(by extension) An outcome which is awaited with keen anticipation, especially one which is delayed for a period of time or which is not known until the last minute.
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.
crampfishes
crampfishes
noun
plural of crampfish
crawfishing
crawfishing
noun
fishing for crawfish
verb
present participle of crawfish
crayfishing
crayfishing
noun
fishing for crayfish
verb
present participle of crayfish
driveshafts
driveshafts
noun
plural of driveshaft
effranchise
effranchise
verb
Obsolete form of enfranchise.
enfranchise
enfranchise
verb
(property law, England & Wales, historical) to convert a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
To grant freedom from slavery, duty or servitude.
To grant municipal or parliamentary rights to an entity such as a city or constituency.
To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.
factorships
factorships
noun
plural of factorship
factoryship
fairishness
fairweather
fairweather
adj
Alternative spelling of fair-weather
faithbreach
faithbreach
noun
(rare, archaic or poetic) Breach of honour, faith, or loyalty; disloyalty.
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
farthingale
farthingale
noun
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
featherbird
featherfoil
featherfoil
noun
An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris) with finely divided leaves.
featheriest
featheriest
adj
superlative form of feathery: most feathery
featherings
featherings
noun
plural of feathering
featherlike
featherlike
adj
As light as a feather.
Having the characteristics of plumage.
featherwing
featherwise
featherwise
adv
Arranged at angles like the barbs of a feather.
febriphobia
figureheads
figureheads
noun
plural of figurehead
filmography
filmography
noun
A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
fireflaught
firemanship
firemanship
noun
The skills of fire safety, fire prevention, etc.
firmhearted
fisherwoman
fisherwoman
noun
A woman who fishes.
A woman whose profession is catching fish.
She is a fisherwoman, out on a trawler for days at a time.
florigraphy
florigraphy
noun
Alternative form of floriography
fluviograph
fluviograph
noun
(dated) An instrument for measuring and automatically recording the rise and fall of a river.
foliobranch
foolhardier
foolhardier
adj
comparative form of foolhardy: more foolhardy
foolhardily
foolhardily
adv
In a foolhardy manner
foremanship
foremanship
noun
The position of a foreman.
fothergilla
frameshifts
frameshifts
noun
plural of frameshift
franchisees
franchisees
noun
plural of franchisee
franchisers
franchisers
noun
plural of franchiser
franchising
franchising
noun
The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.
verb
present participle of franchise
franchisors
franchisors
noun
plural of franchisor
francophile
francophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Francophile
freemanship
freemanship
noun
The state of being a freeman.
freightages
freightages
noun
plural of freightage
freightyard
freightyard
noun
A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
furbishable
furbishable
adj
Capable of being furbished.
furnishable
furnishable
adj
Capable of being fitted with furniture.
Capable of being supplied or provided.
handicrafts
handicrafts
noun
plural of handicraft
harengiform
harengiform
adj
(rare) herring-shaped
harvestfish
harvestfish
noun
Peprilus paru, a kind of butterfish.
hemafibrite
hemafibrite
Noun
synadelphite
hereinafter
hereinafter
adv
In the parts of this document, statement, or book that follow; after this
hindarfjall
honorifical
honorifical
adj
Or or pertaining to honorifics.
honorific.
infrahumans
infrahumans
noun
plural of infrahuman
infranchise
infranchise
verb
Archaic form of enfranchise.
lanternfish
lanternfish
noun
any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
leatherfish
overchafing
pathfinders
pathfinders
noun
plural of pathfinder
pathoformic
pearlfishes
pearlfishes
noun
plural of pearlfish
pinfeathers
pinfeathers
noun
plural of pinfeather
pinfeathery
platformish
preachified
preachified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of preachify
preachifies
preachifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preachify
profanchise
raffishness
raffishness
noun
The characteristic of being raffish.
razorfishes
razorfishes
noun
plural of razorfish
refashioned
refashioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of refashion
refashioner
refashioner
noun
One who refashions.
rhagadiform
riefenstahl
ruffianhood
safranophil
scapethrift
schaefferia
sheriffalty
siphonifera
spearfished
spearfished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of spearfish
spearfishes
spearfishes
noun
plural of spearfish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spearfish